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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1889-12-12

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1889-12-12 page 1

r. r ' VOL. L. XO. 297. COLUMBUS. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12. 1889. ESTABLISHED 1811 - ! - ! I J! r a: UNTIL THE LAST THUMP. Jefferson Davis, the Idol of the Old South and a Lost Cause, is Laid Away. Memorable Gathering of Southern People, Vi ho Mourn the Death of Their Former Chief. The Habiliments of Woe Everywhere Apparent and Somber Hues Kiss the Opj re3sive Air, j "While Solemn Dirges, the Sullen Tone Eeversalof Arms, The TolJin? of Bells, and a Garden of Many-Pictured Flowers, All Speak Their Love. Business Suspended Everywhere and Unusual honors Paid to the Distinguished Dead. New Orleans Packed With People and All Arrangements on the Most Elaborate Scale. The Confederate Leader is Dead and . the Cause for Which He bo Bravely Battled Forever Silenced . by the Shock of Arms, Was the Burden of All the Utterances. SgSCor Which Let Ua All Thank God and 7 Vnrihpm Valor Fnrnvpr and for Aye. jIow the Day Was Religiously Kept All Over the South. if New O rot Ays, Dec 1L The day, not-i , withstanding the threatening and oppres- i siva character of the weather during the i past several days, could riot hare been ' more propitious or beautiful. The por- tentoua, pregnant-looking ciouds of the ' night previous, and the great banks of heavy fog that prevailed during the early part of this morning had wholly disap- J peared by 7 o'clock as the sun burst forth and a beautiful Southern summer day dawned for the obsequies of the Southern chieftain. At an early hour this morning the streets were thronged with soldiers and firemen in uniform, members of various civic organization and representatives of every pro-feitiuPtfT avocation and association, all en to to their respective meeting stations. from whence a few hours later they are to h- 'k Mnrentrate in Lafavette souara. A, As soon as the doors of the City hall were V jsned a stream of visitors began to pour ' Ktfough the death chamber to take a fare-A wall view of the remains of the famous Confederate leader. The crowd was even greater than that of yesterday, there being hundreds of people from abroad whose visit to this city had been delayed nntil today.It was not nntil 11:30 that the lid of the casket closed oown forever upon the features of the dead. The remains were then conveyed to the front portico of the City I Hall building, where the simple but im pressive rites of the Episcopal church were performed. Lafayette square, in front of the City nail, and the streets were densely packed with people, and the balconies and every available space from which the pageant can be viewed is crowded in the extreme. By universal request, Mr. Davis was , given a funeral in full accord with his su-i perior rank as a military officer. In addi-ition to which numerous civic and other organizations combined to render the cor-4 ;tege today in ail respects most imposing, 7 'not only with reference to numbers but in "Wthe pomp and circumstances of its elabor- te ceremonial. There were participating in the obseouiea A the father of the Confederacy today, besides the veterans of the lost cause, who have once again been called upon to cIobb up their decimated ranks, manv eallant soldiers whose unflinching valor displayed on numerous hotlv-contesced fields resulted, not nnfrequentiy, in both glory and : victory to the "'stars and stripes." i Eleven thirty was the hour at which the jrfineral ceremonies were to be commenced, Cisut long previous to that time the great J v square immediately fronting the City hall i had become an nnwieldly mass of eager, sympathetic humanity. According to the r nroirram. the souare croDer waa to be tp. 1 served exclusively for the military. Iu the enforcement of this injunction, however, the large, but by no means adequate, police force on duty.experienced innumerable obstacles and it was with the greatest difficulty that the swaying multitude was kept be-2 yond the prescribed environments. The i streets, balconies and every available place i from which either an unobstructed or par-f tlai view could be had of the portico of the i municipal building were crowded almost ' to suffocation. During all this time the air was laden with funeral dirges; the sohfnn 4 requiem of the bells was heard on every ? band, and louder and deeper were the f: sounds of minnte guns that at intervals "5 thundered forth their deep-mouthed tribute to the illustrious dead, fo. . The body, notwithstanding the very warm and exceptionally oppressive weather of the past week, was remarkably well pre-r': served. The countenance presented an ex- 't pression of "rapturous repose," and in no Is wine had '"decay's effacing fingers" yet H blotted out, much less tarnished, in the remotest degree, the noble lines of a face strikingly attractive when lighted by the fire of genius, as it was wont to De. indeed, the Confederacy's beloved chieftain. v - I he re nosed in his coffin tnis morning. -3 presented just such a picture as those who iJs knew and loved him in life would like ? best to cherish in their memory. Vks memorial room to an improvised cata-r j toe in the center of the front portico, use massive pillars were entwined with vJvrofusion of crepe. Over the casket was thrown the soft folds of a silken flag of the ; lost cause, as also the glittering saber with which the dead soldier had carved fame - and honor for himself and glory and vic- torv for bis country on the crimson liekls 1 of Chapultepec and Monterey. Immedi-? ately surrounding the coffin were clergy I and the armed sentries, they being the only, persons admitted to a place on the - portico during the service. .' . The relatives of the deceased were as-(if ued to sas in the mayor s parlor, from the windows of which they were'enabled to witness the ceremonies. The obsequies, which were according to the ritual of the Episcopal church, were conducted by Bishop Galleher, assisted by five officiating clergvmen. There were altogether fully twenty surpiiced ministers, besides the attendance of numerous clergy of different denominations from the various Southern states. A surpiiced choir of thirty-six voices, accompanied by the organ, sans the anthem, "Through the Vallev of the Shadow of Death," after which Bishop Galleher made aa address. He said: "When we utter our prayers today for those who are distressed in mind, when we lift our petitions to the Most Merciful and ask a benediction on the desolate, we remember thai one household above others is bitterly bereaved and that hearts closely knitted to our own are deeply distressed. ''For the master of Beauvoir lies dead under the drooping Bag of the saddened city; the light of hi a dwelling has gone out and left it lonely for ail days to come. Surely we grieve with those who wept tender tears of homely pain and trouble, and there is not a sigh of the gulf breeze that swings the swinging moss on the cypress trees sheltering their honre but finds an answer in our own burdened breathing. "We recall with sweet sympathy the wifely woe that can be measured only by the sacred depths of wifely devotion; and our hearts go traveling across the heaving Atlantic seas to meet and comfort, if we mieht, the child, who, coming home, shall for once not be able to bring all the sweet splendors of the sunshine with her. "Let us bend with the stricken household and pay the tribute of our tears, and then, acknowledging the stress and surge of a peoples' sorrow, say that the stately tree of our southern wood, planted in power, nourished in kindly dews, branching in brave luxuriance and scarred by many storms, 'lies uprooted.' "The end of a long and lofty life has come and a moving volume of human history has been closed and clasped. The strange and sudden dignity of death has been added to the fine and resolute dignity of living. A man who, in his person and history, symbolized the solemn convictions and tragic fortunes of millions of men, can not pass into the gloom that gathers around a grave without a sign or token from the surcharged bosoms of those he leaves behind; and when Jefferson Davis, reaching 'the very seamark of his utmost sail,' goes to his God. not even the most ignoble can chide the majestic mourning, the sorrowing honors of a last 'salute.' "I am not here to stir, by a breath, the embers of a settled strife; "to speak one word unworthy of him and of the hour. What is writ is writ in the world's memory and in the books of God But I am here to say for our help and inspiration that this man, as a Christian and a churchman, was a lover of all high and rightedus things as a citizen. Ue was fashioned in the old, faithful type. As a soldier he was marked and fitted for more than fame the Lord God having set on him the seal of the liberties of men. Gracious and gentle, even to the lowliest, nay, especially to them, tender as he was brave, he deserved to win all the love that followed him. Fearless and unselfish, he could not well escape the lifelong conflict to which he was committed. Greatly and strangely misconceived, he bore injustice with the calmness befitting his place. "He suffered many and grievous wrongs, suffered most for the sake of others, and those others will remember him and his unflinching fidelity with deepening gratitude, while the Potomac seeks the Chesapeake or the Mississippi sweeps by Briar-field on its way to the Mexican sea." Following Bishop Galieber, Kev. Dr. Markbam read the Jessori. while Rev. Mr. Martin repeated a psalm, Rev. Mr. BaKe-well versicles, and Kev. Mr. Thompson the creed, and thus ended the services at the City hall, which, although simple and brief, were wonderfully impressive. During this period the immense throng, representing every conceivable variety of religious and social predilection, profession and nationality, stood in reverential silence, and with heads uncovered. A deep silence pervaded the vast assembly, and the emotions experienced by all were deep and unutterable. At the concluaion of the religious services the casket was borne by a detachment of soldiers to the handsomely decorated caisson, which had been prepared especially for its reception and on which it was to be conveyed to the cerueterv. From the caisson arises a catafalque, consisting of a unique and beautifully designed canopy, measuring from base to dome eight feet in length and four in width, and supported by six bronze cannon craped between muskets. The dome of the canopy is ornamented in bronze with furled United States flags craped upon either side. The aides ot the catafalque are superbly draped iu black cloth and bullion fringes and gimp. The casket rests on a slight elevation and the caisson is drawn by six black horses, two abreast, caparisoned in artillery harness and plumes, and each horse is lead by a soldier in uniform.With marvelous military precision the various seemingly unwieldy battalions wheeled into line, preceded by a detachment of the city's police and followed in turn by the clergy, pall-bearers and so on in their respective order until the mammoth procession was formed. The procession after leaving the City hall proceeded no St. Charles to Calliope aud from Calliope moved into Camp, thence to Chartres, to fit. Louis, to Royal and thence on Canal in a direct route to the cemetery. It was an hour and ten minutes passing a given point. As 'the grand funeral cortege traversed the streets, from the turrets of every church a knell was tolled, the clank of sabers and the tramp of iron-shod feet echoed along the interminable lines, while soul-subduing dirges blended with the solemn booming of the minute-guns. Farts of the city not directly located on the line of march or in any wise remote from the scene of the pageant, were today literally depopulated, their inhabitants having gathered in countless number in every available place from which an easy view of the marching columns could be had. The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Honorary pall-bearers, Governor Francis T. Micholls of Louisiana, Governor Robert Lowry of Mississippi, Governor H. B. Buckner of Kentucky, Governor John B. Gordon Of Georgia, Governor J. S. Richardson of South Carolina, Governor D. G. iowle of North Carolina, Governor F. M. Fleming of Florida, Governor James P. Eagle of Arkansas. These gentlemen represent the Southern states. Fall-bearers General George W. Jones of Iowa, Hon. Charles E. Fenner of Louisiana, Mr. Sawyer Hayward of Mississippi, Hon. Thomas H. Watts of Alabama, a member of President Davis's cabinet. i . AT MtTAlRIE CEMETERT. Scenes It and About 1 hat City of the Iead. Xew Orleans, Dec. 11. The entry of the pageant into the beautiful cemetery away out on the quiet Metairie ridge, far from the thunder and clatter and turmoil of the busy, rushing, work-a-day city life, was made with all the pomp and circumstance of a military and civic procession. Even before noon, when the religious ceremonies were just beginning, people gathered within the hallowed precincts of the romantic burying ground. They came in street cars, in trains, in carriages, in rigs of every known description, and on foot and took up positions on the tombs and broad walls aud on the scrupulously well-kept lawn. Metairie is the prettiest cemetery in the South. In ranks in beauty with the handsomest ourial grounds of the world. It is situated about two miles and a half from the business part of the city, and is rich in its architecture, its verdure and its possessions. Years ago it was the famous race course of the i-outh. tome years back it waa transformed into a city of the dead, fcince then nature and man have aided iu i nrfornment. Within it lie the remains of thousands of Coutederate veterans, and I here are most of the tombs of the military and veteran associations of Sew Orleans. It is in this cemetery in a subterranean vault that the Southern chieftain has been temporarily laid to rest. The Army of Soriheru Virginia tomb is beneath the marble monument of the lamented Confederate leader. Stonewall JacKson. It is situated nearly half a mile from the stone entrance nearly in the center of the cemetery and surrounded by imposing tombs of wealthy people of New Orleans. The mound" is of gradual ascent, prettily laid oat in parterres and richly grown with rare flower3. From a sectional stone case, a slender shaft, broken with laurel wreaths, rises to commanding heights. At its apex a heavy slab of marble hears the statue of Jackson. The figure represents the famous general in an attitude of repose, his sword leaning on a broken stonewail and his left hand resting gracefully on bis side. He wears the regular Confederate officer's uniform, with his cloak thrown over his arm, and his field-glasses held carelessly in his left hand. The lamiliar kepi is pulled down, aa the general was wont to wear it, closely over his forehead. The face looks toward the southeast and the features are almost perfect iu their outline. Beneath the bese is an underground chamber with vaults running all around. It was in one of these that the remains of Mr. Davis were placed. The monument was decorated with extreme simplicity. The mound was covered entirely with green moss, and around the shaft was wound a chain of laurel and oak leaves. The decorations were the work of Mr. J. 11. Menard. When the procession left the City hail big furniture wagons drove up and the mortuary chamber was emptied of its hundreds of iioral offerings that came from every city aud state iu the South and taken out to the cemetery. Here an artistic hand came into play and the flowers were arranged with studied unosteuta-tiou and most admirable effect, the mound beine almost entirely hidden from view by the wealth of cultured flowers. The pageant got out to the cemetery a little in advance of the time it was expected to. Its vanguard was an incongruous assortment of carriages and vehicles and an irreguiar army of strangling people who walked all the way to the burial ground to do honor to the memory of the leader, cold in death. The crowd was cosmopolitan in its make-up. It embraced every station in life in one endiess procession. Thousands walked because there was no' other means of getting out. The available trains and the street railroads were crushed and packed with several divisions of the funeral pageant and the common multitude was left to take care of itself. It was 3 o'clock when the first special train arrived bearing uniformed Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias and civic societies. As each train drew up it was quickly emptied of its human freight and the tail end of the procession relormed in open order to let t ie militia and the walking divisions go through. As tiie soldiers, worn out with the long and dusty march, and the funeral and the remainder of the pageant moved slowly past in mournful step to the woeful music of the day, the Knights presented arms and the civic bodies uncovered. Long before the police detail reached the bridge over the canal that runs by the front of the cemetery the deuse throng of thp populace had gathered close around the monument, beneath which the body of the ex-president is tonight, as these lines are written, lying in peaceful repose. The crowd sought ever? available spot that gave the opportunity of a fair view. It climbed trees, mounted tombs, picked out convenient spots on the mounds and lawns, and listened and watched with breathless interest and respectful attention to the solemn ceremonies at the base of the marble shaft. Around the circle of the tomb the crowd was thickly pressed, and from its outskirts the throngs extended into the walks intersecting at various points the main thoroughfare. When the progress of the procession finally brought the military to the monument the police and soldiers were drawn up all around the circle, and as the tuneral car, with its long line of carriages iu the wake, drew up the line of soldiers facing the monument were given right-about orders in order to salute the bier. The Episcopal clergymen and the assisting clergy following Father Gallaher formed a line, 'i'he vall-bearers and distinguished guests did the same thing. Bishops Galleher and Hugh Miller Thompson walked slowly to the base and took up their positions beside tl.e bier. General Gordon came uu shortly and stood quietly and modestiy with bowed head close by. The caisson stopped at the foot of the walk and battery B's detail of honor bore the casket up the ascent to the foot of the monument, with Captain Beanham, looking every inch a soldier, at its head. As the coffin was carried up the mound the military corps were ordered to rest arms, and every soldier in the circle executed the order. The Veteran associations marched into the cemetery together. When they reached the monument they separated, one going to the left and the other to the right. When they met they charged up the mound and formed an inner circle, the Army of Northern Virginia in front and the Army of Tennessee in the rear. Then the ladies aud gentlemen of the family trod slowly up the mound. There was not a covered head in the entire multitude of 10,000 people when the bereaved came. The soldiers kept their hats and shakos on because it was military duty to do so. Mrs. Davis, heavily draped, leaned on the arm of the lifelong friend of her husband. Mr. J. U. Payne, as she came up besido the bier. Mrs. Hayes came up on the arm of General Joseph R. Davis, a nephew of the dead president. Behind these came the faithful negro body servant of Mr. Davis, Robert Brown. Mrs. Stamps was escorted by Mr. Farrar. Then followed other members of the family, stated previously in these lines. Associate Justice Fenner and his family came next, and immediate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Davis gathered around just as Bishop Thompson opened the ceremonies by reading the first portion of the Episcopal burial service. Then T. H. Sappington of company B, Nineteenth infantry, stationed at Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala., sounded the bugle call of "taps" and Bishop Galleher read the second portion of the ritual consigning the body to the grave. Here are his extemporaneous words: "In the name of God, amen, we here consign the body of Jefferson Davis, a servant 6f his state and country, and a soldier in their armies; sometime member of congress and senator from Mississippi and secretary of war ot the Union states the first and only president of the Confederate States of America; born in Kentucky bn the 3d day of June, 1808, died in Louisiana on the 6th day of December, lSii, and buried here by the reverend hands of his oeoole." An anthem by W. H. Walter, part of the burial service, was sung by the choir. Bishop Thompson recited the Lord's prayer, in which the choir, the clergy and the general public joined, and then the beautiful hymn, "Rock of Ages," was rendered and the religious rites were over. Bishop Galleher waved his hand. It was the signal of the closing. Captain Bean-ham gave the military command, the casket was raised from its bier and the soldiers, bearing it ou their shoulders, marched around the circular mound to the open doorway at the back ot the monument leading to the stairway that reaches the subterranean chamber of the dead. The family took ur its line in the order of -its ascent of the mound, friends following. The Ladies' Memorial association fell in and Governor Nichols and the other governors joined in witn the other pall-bearers. When members of the family had descended, the casket was placed in the middle vault of the first perpendicular row immediately on the right as you go down. The Confederate flag, in which the coffin had been wrapped, was removed, the slab was screwed tight and the dead soldier had found his temporary resting place in the Aimy of Northern Virginia tomb. As the family descended an" artillery de- Vontinued on fourth pcj. ONE HUNDRED YEARS A Notable Occasion Celebrating: the Centennial of Washington's Inauguration. A Glittering Host of Government Officials and Ambassadors of All Kations. Splendid and Eloquent Address of Chief Justice Fuller. Washington, Dec. 1L The hour for the holding of the ceremonies in commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington, first president of the Cuited States, having been fixed at 1 o'clock today, the appearance of the hall of the house was an unusual one. The arrangements on the floor were admirably suited to take advantage of every foot of available space. In the area in front of the speaker's desk were placed massive chairs and sofas lor the accommodation of the president and his cabinet and the iustices ot the supreme court. The two front rows on the Republican side w ere reserved for the diplomatic corps, while the corresponding seats on the Democratic side were assigned to the district judiciary and the members ot the court of ciaims. The members of the international American congress and the marine conference were assigned seats to the rear of those to be occupied by the diplomatic corps. Neariy the whole of the right wing of the chamber was reserved for senators and representatives, and in the triangular spaces behind the semicircle of desks were placed chairs and solas for the accommodation of distinguished inv.ted guests. While the galleries (to which admission was to be had by ticket only ) were comfortably full, there was an absence of the crush around the doors which has characterized similar occasions in the past. In the private gallery were seated Mrs. Fuller, wife of the chief justice, and her daughters; Mrs. Morton, wife of the vice president, and the families of the delegates to the Pan-American conference. Mra Blaine. Miss Blaine, Miss Leiter. Mrs. and Miss Halford and Mrs. Wanauiaker occupied seats in the diplomatic gallery, and Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Carlisle were accommodated in the seats set- apart for the friends of the speaker. The president aud members of his cabinet gathered in the president's room, adjoining the marble-roon. ot the senate corridors, while iu the marule-room were congregated the members of the diplomatic corps and the delegates to thePan-American and international marine conierences. The latter apartment was a blaze of color, the diplomats and delegates at pearing in all the gorgeousness of their official costumes and insignia of tiie various orders to which they belonged. At 12:50 the percons in the senate wing, waiting to move to tiie hall of the house, formed in line and the procession started. Two stalwart Capitol policemen headed the line, followed by Charles li. Keade, acting assistant doorkeeper ul the senate, representing the scrgeant-at-arnis, in charge of the arrangements. '1 hen came President Harrison,arni-ii-arm with Secretary Blaine, ttcretary Proctor and Attorney General Miilt-r. teecretary Tracy and Postmaster General Whiia-maker, Secretary Busk and Private Secte-. tary HaiJord. As they passed the supreme court chambers the associate justices, in their robes of office, took their places in the rear according to date .f appointment. The members of the senate and employes followed, headed by Captain Bassett, doorketper, and Chaplain Butler, Vice President Morton and Secretary McC'ook. Following them were the diplomatic corps and delegates to the conferences, led by Chief Clerk Lee of the State department and Walker Blaine, examiner of ciaims. Among the foreigners in the ranks were Sir Julian Pauncefote, British minister; Mr. Romero, Mexican minister; tenor Quintana, envoy ot the Argentine Republic ; Senor Velarde, Bolivian minister; Senor Valente, Brazilian minister; Dr. Alfonsou of the supreme court of Chili : Mr. Tsui Kwo Yin, Chinese minister; Mr. Ye Wan Yang, Corean minister; Senor Caamauo, minister from Ecuador; M. Roustan, French minister; Dr. Cruz, minister from Guatemala; Mr. Carter, Hawaiian minister; Mr. Preston, liaytian minister: Senor Zelloya. minister from Honduras; Mr. Mutsu, Japanese minister; Dr. Guzman, minister from Nicaragua, and Senor Zegarra. Peruvian minister. The hum of conversation was hushed in the house when, at precisely 1 o'clock, the president of the United States and his cabinet were annonnced and filed down the main aisle. while the representatives stood in respectful silence. Hardly had they been seated when the chief justice and associate justices of the United States were ushered in headed by the officers of the court. Chief Justice Fuller took a chair on the left of Secretary Blaine, who himself sat on the left of the president. The vice president and the members of the senate were then announced and, as the senators were escorted to their seats, Mr. Morton ascended to the speaker's chair and assumed the gavel, Mr. Reed standing on his left. General Scbofield, com manding the army, escorted by General Rosecrans (retired) having taken their seats, the diplomatic corps beaded by Mr, Walker Biaine, and attired in gorgeous costumes, filed down to tbe rows assigned to them. They were followed by the members of thePan-American conference and the members of the international marine conference, headed by Admiral Franklin and Lieutenant Coleman, the president and secretary respectively, of the marine conference. At 1 :10 all were seated, and the vice president called the vast assembly to order. After prayer by Rev. J. G. Butler, chapiain of the senate, during which the multitude stood in reverential attitude, tbe Marine band, stationed at the south lobby, broke into the national air of '"Hail Columbia." As the strain ended the chief justice was escorted to the clerk's desk by Senator Hiscock and Representative Bayne, the chairmen of the committees in chares of the arrangements. Chief Justice Fuller read his oration in a powerful voice and with a clear enunciation, and be was listened to with the greatest attention. The chief justice said : "By the terms of that section of the act of congress under which we have assembled 'in further commemoration of the historic inauguration of the first president of tbe United States, George Washington.' the 30th of April, A. D. 18s9. was declared a national holiday, and in the noble city where that event took place, its centennial anniversary has been celebrated with a magnificence of speech andscng, of multitudinous assembly, and of naval, military and civic display, accompanied by every manifestation of deep love of country, of profound devotion to ita institutions, and of intense appreciation of the virtues and services of that illustrious man, whose assumption of the chief magistracy gave tbe assurance of the successful setting in motion of the new government." Washington, the orator continued, had become first in war, not so much by victories over the enemy or by success in strategy aa by the triumphs of a constancy which no reverse, no hardship, no incompetency, no treachery could shake or overcome. He had become first in the hearts of his countrymen because the people comprehended the greatness of their leader and recognized in him an entire absence of personal ambition, an absolute love of country, of themselves end of mankind. He had become first in peace by bringing to tbe charge of the practical workinga of the system he bad participated in creating, on behalf of the people whose independence he had achieved, the same zealous judgment, the same sagacity, the same patience, the same sense of duty, the same farsighted comprehension of the end to be attained tbat bad marked his career from its beginning. The orator alluded briefly to the brilliant war record of General Washington, but in eloquent words portrayed the growth and valus of republican institutions under the administration of President Washington. Referring to the fear of arbitrary power in respect to the presidential office. Justice Fuller said: "But no fear, no jealousy, could be entertained of him who had indignantly repelled the suggestion of the bestowal of kingly power; who had unsheathed the sword with reluctance abd laid it down with joy; who had never ' sought official position, but accepted public office aa a public trust, in deference to so unanimous a demand for his services as to convince him of the necessity; whose patriotism embraced tbe whole country, the future grandeur of which his prescience foresaw. Of the future greatness of the new nation, Washington had no doubts. He saw, as if fac to face, that continental domain which glimmered to others as through a glass darkly," In referring to the international relatione existing between tbe United States and foreign nations. Justice FHiIier said: "It is a matter of congratulation tbat the first year of our second century witnesses the representatives of the three Americas engaged in the effort to increase the facilities of commercial intercourse, consulting the natural course of things, diffusing mid diversifying by fehtle means the streams of intercourse, ut forcing nothing, success in which must knit closer the ties of fraternal friendship and bring the peoples of the two American coutinenis in harmonious control of the hemisphere." r 'The orator then went into an exhaustive Ireview of the constitution and the amendments thereto, and cited the citil war as a searching test of the wisdom and lasting iquality ot our form of government. , In a brilliant peroration, thechief justice -aaki: ""And so the new century may be entered upon in the spirit of optimism, the eatnral result perhaps of a self-confidence which has lost nothing in substance by experience, though it has gained in the moderation of its impetuosity; yet an optimism essential to the accomplishment of great ends: not blind to perils, but bold in the ieariessaess of a faith whoso very consciousness of the limitations of the present, asserts the attainability of tbe nntravcled world ot a still" grander future. No ship can sail forever over summer seas. The storms its has weathered test aud demonstrate its ability to survive tbe storms to come, but storms there must be until there snail be no more sea. But as amid tempest in which our ship of state was launched, and in the times succeeding, bo in the times to come, with every exigency, coi.sieliations of illustrious men will rise Upci. tut angry skies to control the wliirl-wind and dispel the clouas by their potent inl.jences. while from tue 'clear upper say' thti.steudy light ol the great planet marks out the course the vessel must pursue, ami sits shining on the sails as it comes grandly into the haven where it would be." .The orator completed his oration at 2:30, having consumed an hour and a quarter in its delivery. As hjj voice died away on the lastwordof theeloquent peroration astorm of applause swept through the audience which continued lor some minutes. 't he benediction was then pronounced by the chaplain of the bouse, alter which Washington's grand march nas rendered by tiie Marine band. The martini strains having ceased, the vice prtsnlent declared tiie joint assembly Oisoiveu. and to the stirring air of the tti,H.vRi)2!ed Banner the invited gut-slowly left the chamber. "ilAUY HAl A LITTLE LAMB." A Discussion About the Subject of Ihat Kursery Khjme A IMlturence of Opinion. Boston, Dec. 11. Aunt Mary Tyler, as she was familiarly called, died at her residence in Somerville yesterday, aged S3. She r was born in Sterling, Mass.; her maiden name was Mary F. Sawyer, and Bhe was the subject of the rhyme "Mary liad a Little LamD." . ' . Tbe Keport Denied. Bosfo Der. 11. The Boston Transcript say: The author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was Mrs. Sarah J Hale, who died at Philadelphia several years ago, aged 86. With regard to the late Mrs. Tyler's connection with the poem Mrs. Hale's nephew is authority for the statement that she bad no special person as a heroine. Mrs. Tyler doubtless had such an experience and it is not! improbable that some doggerel lines were written describing the same, but she waa not the heioine of Mrs. Hale's poem. The lines have been at times credited to a young (male) school-teacher. He may have written some lines about Mrs. Tyler's lamb, but they have been lost. Mrs. Hate's authorship of the lines as known today has been clearly proved. , MICHIGAN CltOFS. Generally Improved Condition of the r Wheat Ontlook. Lansikg. Dec. 11. The Michigan monthly crop report for December shows the im-. provenient in the condition of wheat-to be general, amounting to 9 per cent, in the southern, 6 in the central and 4 in the northern counties. The present condition, as compared with average years, is: In the southern counties 67, central 71 and northern 69 per cent. Tbe improvement ia attributed to exceptional favorable weather. The Jrainfall was 1-5 of an inch in excess of the normal and average temperature 0.8 above. At this time, December 10. there is do frost in the ground. The number of bushels of wheat marketed in November was 853,950, an excess of 224,001) bushels over the same month in IMS. Total amount from August to December 1,5,-2S8.9-J0 bushels. The average yield of clover seed in the state for 1889 was 1.76 bushels per aere. The condition of stock is: Horses 9(5, cattle 92, sheep 95, swine 98 per cent.' Hog cholera prevails to a limited extent in Berrin, Cass. St. Joseph, Van Bu-ren, Kent, Ottawa and Calhoun counties. DAMAGE BY STORM. Hostel Blown Down and Unroofed Loss 5 S lO.OOO. PiTTSBcio, Dec. 11. The most destructive wind and rainstorm that has ever visited the western portion of Westmoreland county, passed over the new city of Jean-nette abont 2 o'clock this morning. Houses were blown down and nnroofed and treea torn up by the roots and carried a long distance. The large three-story frame buildings owned by Messrs. Cort and Sullivan on Clay avenue were completely demolished, and a smaller building owned by William Wilson was blown down and reduced to splinters. Anumberof dwellings were moved from their foundations and in some instances badly damaged. Tbe loss will be at least $10,000. As far as reported no lives were lost. THIS TOO "TWO" SOLID FLESH. Matrimonial Event in Which Extremes Are Blissfully Blended. Hilliabd's, O., Deo. 11. Special. One of the most notable weddings of tbe season took place here last Thursday, the contracting parties being George Davis, son of Benjamin Davis, living two miles south of town, and Mrs. Catherine Ann Mock of Washington township. The groom is a weil-known teacher, being at present engaged in teaching in the Walcutt district, one mile west of Columbus. Mr. Davia is 31 years of age and weighs 140 pounds, while the blushing bride has seen 72 summers and tips the beam at U'20 avoirdupois. FISH OR CUT BAIT. That's What the Democratic Postmasters at Zanesville and Xer.ia Mast Do. Xo Chanjre in the Columbus Fostoffice Likely Before Early in the Year. The Silcott Committee Makes a Partial Keport. Washihgtos, Dec. 11. Special. Senator Sherman said to the State Journal correspondent today that there had been no recommendations made in the matter of changing the postmasters at Columbua, Zanesviile and Newark. ; He was of the opinion that there would be no changes at Columbus or Newark until the lime of tbe present incumbents had expired, but seemed to think Postmaster Murphy of Zanesvilie wouid be removed and his successor epoointed very soon. Postmaster General Wanauiaker has been giving some attention to the Zanesviile case and bas decided that he will make a change. His reason for this ia that Murphy holds the position of penitentiary director, and he considers this fact contrary to the regulations ot the department. It is said that Mr. Murphy received permission from the last administration of the postofhee to hold on until the state election. But Mr. Wananiakcr's answer to this is that be doesn't propose to maintain an inconsistent rule of his predecessor. The attention of the postmaster general has been directed to the case of Postmaster Fulton at Xeuia. who is also acting aa trustee of the Soldiers Orphans' home, and as soon as he gets through with tbe Zanesviile case he will probably ask Postmaster Fuiton to make choice as to which ollice he prefers to hold. 'lbere are several candidates for the Zanesviile office, but it is thought that the light is between John A. Green, deputy clerk of the court, who is now in the city, and D. J. Bichards, business manager of the Times-P.ecorder. Green is highly recommended by Senator Sherman's friends in Musxingum county and by many members of the G. A. K. from different parts of the state. Kichards is also highly recommended, hut it is urged against him that be is the representative oi one of the factions in the party there, whiie Greeen's appointment would be satisfactory to all the liepublirans. Senator Shermuu, however, does not intimate which one of the candidates he will recommend. I'roposed lieorganiKatluu f Mijtreine Court. Washington, Dec. 11. A proposition ia under consideration to provide for increasing the membership of the United Stales supreme court from nine to eleven. The Btibject is being talked over by certain members of the senate judiciary committee, and the outcome mav be a bill to reorganize the supreme court and make the additions named. The enlargement of the court is held to be neres.iary because of the rapid increase in the business from the state courts; besides, the new stales will add largely to the number of cases on the tui.rtux euun dmiket. If the reorganization of the court is sanctioned by congress, it is probable that ut least three of tiie present members of the court J ustices Miller, Field and Bradley Will avail themselves of the privilege of retiring on full pay, thus giving the president an opportunity lo appoint live judges. It is proposed to increase the jurisdiction of the circuit courts, with a viuw to reducing the number of appeals to Ibe supreme court. Various schemes have been suggested with a view to accomplishing this purpose, but it seems almost impossible to curtail the work of the court, hence the proposed increase in membership, it is not known, however, how tbe members of the court re gard this proposition, but as they complain of being overworked, they would probably welcome two additional justices. Secretary Blaine Aftr the Corean Kinir. Washington, Dec. 11. Senator Cockrell of Missouri received a letter from Secretary of State Blaine yesterday in regard to the three Americans who left this country about a year ago to take service under the king of Corea and who were very summari-ly disiuisned a few days igo. " Mr. B aine, in his letter to Mr. ( o kreil, states that he has cabled and since sent written instructions to the American consul general at Seoul, Corea, ordering him to insist in the . name of this government that the king shall faithfully carry out every contract he has made with Colonel Cummins and his companions. These gentlemen on entering the Corean service did not renounce their American citizenship. They undertook to teach the Corean soldiers how to be real soldiers from an American standpoint, and to introduce into their branches of the Corean government American notions of progress and civilisation. Tbe Corean nobility, who saw their ancient prerogatives threatened combined against the Americans and finally succeeded in ousting them. 1 ho Proposed Bridge at Detroit. WASHiNGToic.Dec.ll. The board appointed to examine the river at Detroit and investigate the various plana proposed for bridging the stream at tbatpoint, has made a report to the senate committee on commerce. The following conclusions are reached : First It is feasible to build a bridge oyer the Detroit river at Detroit, Mich. Second That a high bridge, as proposed by Mr. Lindenthal (140 feel above low water), is the least objectionable and most conservative to shipping interests and therefore the best plan. The board to examine and report upon the best site for a proposed bridge over the Ohio between Louisville, Ky., and Jeflerson ville, Ind., report recommending that the bridge be located at or above Wall street, Louisville, with a channel span of at least 500 feet in tbe clear at the low water line on the Indiana shore and a similar span on the William island shore, tbe water face of the shore piers of these spans being at the low water lines. In Regard to the House Committees. Washington, Dec. 11. It is now believed that Speaker Reed will announce the rest of tbe committees one week from tomorrow, so that they may be at work during the holiday recepa. General Browne of Indiana, who was next to Mr. McKinley on the committee on ways and means last session, waa placed second on the committee in the speaker's original draft of the membership, but at the earnest request of the general his name was removed. His reasons for asking this were that he had served on the committee six years, and that the state of his health would not permit him to do the amount of work required of a member of tbat committee. General Browne, it is understood, will be given the chairmanship of a minor committee. Californiana After the Chinese. Washington, Dec, 11. Some of the members of the California delegation are in favor of adopting some method to prevent the illegal immigration of Chinamen across the Canadian border, it is proposed to issue certificates to every Chinaman who is enumerated in the census that will be made next June. After the expiration of six months every Chinaman founi without a certificate is to" he sent out of the country. Preliminary Report of Silcott Investigating t ominittce. Washington, Dec. 11. The Silcott investigating committee today agreed to a preliminary report and will submit it to the honse tomorrow. The amount of the deficit is given, as has already been staled, at about $71,800. The committee finds that the funds of the office have been used by Silcott for tbe purpose of discount, but to what extent can not be stated. Forgeries of the names of members have been committed, and these are set forth in detail so far as known. The report exonerates Silcott's associates in. the otlice, the teller and bookkeeper, from any counection with his crime. Teternna in the Census. Washington, Dec. 11. The Grand Army of the Kcpublic is to be invited by Superintendent Porter to co-operate with the census enumerators in making as cori-plele as possible the list of names of tbe surviving veterans of the late war. These enumerators, in addition to tbeir other duties, are required to secure the names of all veterans, the name of tbe regiment in which each served, the length of service, disability, if any, etc. The pension rolls and the rolls of the Grand Army posts will be used to insure accuracy. New Government for liiatrict of Columbia.Washington, Dec. 11. Senator Chandler introduced a bill today changing the form of government of the District of Columbia. There are to be five commissioners appointed, one a resident of the district, two residing east of tbe Allegheny mountains and two west of them ; to receive the rame salaries aa are paid the iiiter-stuto commerce commissioners; not more than threa to be appointed from any one political party. Puneral of Mra. Lord. Washington, Dec 11. The funeral of Mrs. Scott Lord will take place tomorrow. Private services will be held at 11 o'clock at the Church of the Incarnation, which will be attended by the president, the relatives and immediate friends of the deceased. The interment will be in Kock-creek cemetery. lhe President Beturna to Wanhington. Washington, Dec. 11. President Harrison returned to Washington at 8 o'clock this morning from his trip to Chicago, The cabinet assembled aa usual at 12 o'clock and tben. with the president, proceeded in a bodv to the Capitol to participate in the centenary exercises m the house of representatives. An Ohio Girl Weds. Washington, Deo. 11. Special. Clara Lawetta Coulter, daughter of Sixth Auditor Coulter, was married today to Edwin N. 8. Young of Pittsburg, at the residence of the bride's parents. A number of Ohio people witnessed the ceremony. The Indiana Service Pension Bill. Washington, Dec. 11. Mr. Ingalls introduced a bill granting service and disability pension to officers, soldier, sailors and marines in the army and navy in the war of the rebellion and to their idows and orphans. (This is what is known as the Indiana service pension bill.) Capital Notes. J. C. Ilouk of Tennessee has been appointed assistant doorkeeper of tbe house, vice Nicholls. Bond offerings todav were $506,000 4s at 127, and 55,000 at All the oilers were accepts. i. FifiJ-FIrat Conura rirst Sesaion. SENATE. Washington, Doc. 11. Tbe vice president presided over the fenate today. Tbe tirst part of the Kenublicaii program in relet encs to prvid;t.g positions on committees for tbe new senators was carried out bv tbe resignation of Senators Morrill. Hiscock, Dawes, Hoar, Allison. Frye and Manderson of their positions on the committees ot census, irrigation, transportation routes to the seaboard, claims, organization and conduct of the executive departments and on civil service and retrenchment, respectively. Their successors on those committees are still to be announced.Mr. Hale, from the committee on naval affairs, reported back the bills heretofore introduced by him for the relief of sufVerers by the wreck of the United Slates steamers Trenton and Vandalia and the standing of the Nipsic at A-ia. in the Sanioan islands. Placed on calendar. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Vet Regulating the printirg of certain public documents and largely te-ducing the number of copies to be printed. He made a statement aa to the immense mass of books and document rotting away in the attic and basement of the Capitol and of the stench arising from such decaying matter. Mr. Hoar remarked that those books and documents ought to be distributed among the public libraries all over the country. He denied that much of the matter printed by order of congress was uaeless. On the contrary, it was needed for the making up of history in the future. Mr. Ingalls called attention to the fact that a paper purporting to be a memorial or resolution oi one branch of the legislature of Montana had been presented this morning and had been referred to the committee on mines and mining. It was a matter of public notoriety, he aaid, tbat there waa some difficulty about the organization of the legislature of Montana; and in order to avoid any committal of the senate by the reference to a committee of a resolution of either branch of that legislature, he moved that the orderof reference be revoked and that the paper be laid on the table. 1 1 was so ordered. Mr. Ingalls also introduced (at the request of an association of soldiers of Kansas aud Indiana) a service and disability pension bill, which was referred. Mr. Call introduced a joint resolution authorizing the president to begin negotiations with the government of Spain for the establishment of a republic on the Island of Cuba. In connection with this Mr. Call presented a petition of natives of Cuba (now citizens of the United States;, and stated that it bad been represented to him that nearly all of such persons were in favor of the resolution. A message waa received from the house to the effect that tbat bodv was now in session and ready to proceed with the ceremonies in commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and thereupon, on motion of Mr. Ingalls. the senators proceeded to the hall of the house. Upon their return the senate adjourned till tomorrow. BOUSE. ' In his opening prayer Chaplain Milburn referred to the approaching ceremonies and returned thanks tbat after one hundred years the government framed by our fathers stood more firmly compact, mora proudly erect, more divinely beautiful and bountiful in all its beneficence than ever it stood before. Mr. Cummings (X. Y.), from the centennial ceremonial committee, reported the order of arrangement and it was adopted. On motion of Mr. Bayne (Pa.) a resolution was adopted directing the clerk to inform the senate that the house was in session and ready to proceed with the ceremonies. At tiie request of the speaker the members then retired to the seats assigned them. Upon the conclusion of the centennial ceremonies the house was called to order, but immediately adjourned until tomorrow. , Work of That FnBlih Syndicate. Chicago, Dec 11. The English syndicate, having completed ita large investments in mills and elevator property iu and about Minneapolis, bas moved over to Dululh and is taking in that town, a Jl.-000,000 purchase having been made this morning. Mr. Levi Meyer, the attorney who is acting as agent for the Knglisbmen, received a cable dispatch from bis Londou clients this morning, in which it was staled tnat the Dululh property and terms of purchase were satisfactory, aud which instructed him to close the deal immediately. This was done. The purchase includes aome of the largest mills and elevators in Duluth. A FItEXZY OF FIUUliT Took Possession of the Teople W hen the Cry of Fire Was Liaised in ' the Theater. Men, Women and Children Fought for Hieir Lives and Killed without Intent. Is Johnstown Under a Corset Her People Ask. Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 11. The accident at the opera-house is an awful illustration of the highly nervous condition of a large number of the people of this unfortunate city. Under ordinary circumatanoee and before tbe flood there would have been no catastrophe. There has been a disposition to draw morbid conclusions from tbe Con-eruaugn calamity and it has fastened itself upon the women, young folks and many of the excitable middle-aged people. Pome of these alluded to went through experiences on the 31st ot Mar which left a deeper and mora injurioui mental warp than has been comprehended either by them or by their friends. Jt baa been no uncommon thing to bear such remarks as "Well, I wonder what will happen next?" '-You can expert anything now." "We've had flood, now look out for tire." "Johnstown is under a curse." There lias been inure or lent disposition to go to the theater whenever there was chance in order to try to forget the horrors of last spring. Other amusements have also been eagerly sought for the aame purpose. These were some of the reasons for the large audience at the theater last night, even though the play waa as worn out as Uncle Tom's Cabin. There is no exaggeration in Baying that there bat been an undetined but unmistakable feeling of foreDoding of coming ill, and this ia what led to the slaughter last night Those who first started out of the house went from curiosity to e where the lire was, but they did so excitedly, and the instant effect was a panic. The bell which struck tho alarm of lire was so close to the theater that it seemed to be sounding in the building itself, aud never was con-furiou more precipitate and awful among frightened human beiutts. The two crowds fought against each other at the theater door just aa the w ater fought in two streams and then rushed back from the stone bridge up into Kernvtlla in tbe big Hood. Mroug men sprang upon the backs of those ill iront of them without regard to sex and jumped on heads and shoulders as thoutrh they were hallway planks or stairs. 'Die ferocity of the struggle by some of tbe foreigu Bull workmen was as revolting as it waa disatiroua in its results. Blind fury and brute atrength were chained together and the rrauit ia seen in the list of dead and on the bodies of tbe injured. What btL'aii lis an attempt to gr-t out to the street changed as if by marie into a riot, without reaxon. and scenes of manslaughter, without cause and without intent. A poor bruised, delicate woman said this afternoon that she saw two men actually stop to light when both of tuein had an opportunity to escape. One of them exciuitned, witu an oath, "it's my hie or yours," and he knocked his antagonist down in a furious manner. No more dentin have resulted, the number of dead, as helore stated, being ten. 'Hie following is a list of those seriously hurt, sonic ot whom will like y die. Probably tifty others sustained alight injuries: John Miner, ufdored, of Chambrrsburg, Pa., employed in Koch's saloon; George Monicker. Mt. Pieunanl, Pa., a traiuster; Lizzie Claj coiuh, aged 19 years, a domestic; Mrs. Wesiey Burns, aged 40; Clura Burns, aged 1!( years; Isaac 1 oiler, aged ItO years, t oneiuaughboro; Mrs. John Nestor, aeed 1!5; George Horner, aged 11 ; Kddie Bigler, a ed; Georg" 1 rischorn, Baltimore. Md.; Albert Owens, Is years; C'harlej Vauph, Prospect; Sleart Biackburn, Morrell-v.l.e; Kichard Worthingtou, Ldward ttaui-fur, Wemey Burns, James Clausen, Mrs. M. S. McUarry. Clarence Eupel, John Wesiner, Martha Owen, John Devine. The building in which the theater was situated was condemned some years sr,o, and it is one of the relict of f lie flood that was left standing, while others and much, stronger onet near it were destroyed. Henderson's morgue, where the dead were laid, was visited by thousands of peopie today. Many came form curiosity, while here and there in the throng would be found a bereaved one mourning the loss of a parent, child or near re.alive. 1 he funerals of the victims will take place on Friday. The theater will not reopen. The city officials are being severely criticised for "permuting the use of tbe building as a theater, aa it is claimed it was known to be unsafe. A thorough investigation of the rumors of the alleged clubbing by the police during the panic last night will be made. WHO IS TIIE FIEND? Rnlphnrle Arid Administered With Deadly Kftect to Another Innocent Workman at Akron. Akron, O., Pec. 11. PpecialO A few days ago Michael Lee, an employe of the Akron company, drank tulpburio acid which aome mischief had placed in his lnnch coffee and died from the effects. This case was supposed to be a fatal practical joke, aa the acid could not bare posni-bly found its way into the lunch banket by accident. Developments today, honever, serve to throw a new light upon toe subject.Harry Gregg, aged about 30, at the same place in which Lee drank his fatal potion, found sulphuric acid today in a water pitcher from which he unwittingly drank, and with precisely the lama results at in the first instance. His mouth and throat were terribly burned by the acid. Workmen who were attracted by his franuct cries Immediately divined the causa of the trouble and hastily administered oil and similar antidotes, but with little avail, aud physicians say the patient ran not live. Pour hundred employes are engagud jut where these myaterioua poisonings have taken place. Acidt are used by the work men In cleaning the old iron, hut no on can assign any plausible motive for ita deadly misuse. Gregg is a corn para live stranger in the plane and little it known of bis antecedents. No one knows his boil V and very few knew even hit name. THE WOOL M KN M'E.lK. They Want Protection Equally Willi Manufacturers. Roohfti!B, N. Y., Per. 11. The Stale American Merino Sheep-breeders' associa tion thia morning listened to presiumt Cossitl's annual address, which prorokrd warm discussion. Kverybody favored pr.-tec lion to the toot grower. A fw spoke oi the rapacity ol the wool maitufacuirvr in demanding all the protection lor h m-aelf. One gentleman said that if protection could not be accorded equally to the wool grower and to Hie maimiactur.-r, then there should he no protection at all. One gentleman asked how can the land I revised to reduce the surplus without touch lag the wool industry. Mr. Hunt said the internal revenue svjtem should be abolished. There should be no lax onpirits, oleomargarine and tobacco. A reimition was adopted demanding of congress adequate protection ot the wool growingin-Uuairj.

r. r ' VOL. L. XO. 297. COLUMBUS. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12. 1889. ESTABLISHED 1811 - ! - ! I J! r a: UNTIL THE LAST THUMP. Jefferson Davis, the Idol of the Old South and a Lost Cause, is Laid Away. Memorable Gathering of Southern People, Vi ho Mourn the Death of Their Former Chief. The Habiliments of Woe Everywhere Apparent and Somber Hues Kiss the Opj re3sive Air, j "While Solemn Dirges, the Sullen Tone Eeversalof Arms, The TolJin? of Bells, and a Garden of Many-Pictured Flowers, All Speak Their Love. Business Suspended Everywhere and Unusual honors Paid to the Distinguished Dead. New Orleans Packed With People and All Arrangements on the Most Elaborate Scale. The Confederate Leader is Dead and . the Cause for Which He bo Bravely Battled Forever Silenced . by the Shock of Arms, Was the Burden of All the Utterances. SgSCor Which Let Ua All Thank God and 7 Vnrihpm Valor Fnrnvpr and for Aye. jIow the Day Was Religiously Kept All Over the South. if New O rot Ays, Dec 1L The day, not-i , withstanding the threatening and oppres- i siva character of the weather during the i past several days, could riot hare been ' more propitious or beautiful. The por- tentoua, pregnant-looking ciouds of the ' night previous, and the great banks of heavy fog that prevailed during the early part of this morning had wholly disap- J peared by 7 o'clock as the sun burst forth and a beautiful Southern summer day dawned for the obsequies of the Southern chieftain. At an early hour this morning the streets were thronged with soldiers and firemen in uniform, members of various civic organization and representatives of every pro-feitiuPtfT avocation and association, all en to to their respective meeting stations. from whence a few hours later they are to h- 'k Mnrentrate in Lafavette souara. A, As soon as the doors of the City hall were V jsned a stream of visitors began to pour ' Ktfough the death chamber to take a fare-A wall view of the remains of the famous Confederate leader. The crowd was even greater than that of yesterday, there being hundreds of people from abroad whose visit to this city had been delayed nntil today.It was not nntil 11:30 that the lid of the casket closed oown forever upon the features of the dead. The remains were then conveyed to the front portico of the City I Hall building, where the simple but im pressive rites of the Episcopal church were performed. Lafayette square, in front of the City nail, and the streets were densely packed with people, and the balconies and every available space from which the pageant can be viewed is crowded in the extreme. By universal request, Mr. Davis was , given a funeral in full accord with his su-i perior rank as a military officer. In addi-ition to which numerous civic and other organizations combined to render the cor-4 ;tege today in ail respects most imposing, 7 'not only with reference to numbers but in "Wthe pomp and circumstances of its elabor- te ceremonial. There were participating in the obseouiea A the father of the Confederacy today, besides the veterans of the lost cause, who have once again been called upon to cIobb up their decimated ranks, manv eallant soldiers whose unflinching valor displayed on numerous hotlv-contesced fields resulted, not nnfrequentiy, in both glory and : victory to the "'stars and stripes." i Eleven thirty was the hour at which the jrfineral ceremonies were to be commenced, Cisut long previous to that time the great J v square immediately fronting the City hall i had become an nnwieldly mass of eager, sympathetic humanity. According to the r nroirram. the souare croDer waa to be tp. 1 served exclusively for the military. Iu the enforcement of this injunction, however, the large, but by no means adequate, police force on duty.experienced innumerable obstacles and it was with the greatest difficulty that the swaying multitude was kept be-2 yond the prescribed environments. The i streets, balconies and every available place i from which either an unobstructed or par-f tlai view could be had of the portico of the i municipal building were crowded almost ' to suffocation. During all this time the air was laden with funeral dirges; the sohfnn 4 requiem of the bells was heard on every ? band, and louder and deeper were the f: sounds of minnte guns that at intervals "5 thundered forth their deep-mouthed tribute to the illustrious dead, fo. . The body, notwithstanding the very warm and exceptionally oppressive weather of the past week, was remarkably well pre-r': served. The countenance presented an ex- 't pression of "rapturous repose," and in no Is wine had '"decay's effacing fingers" yet H blotted out, much less tarnished, in the remotest degree, the noble lines of a face strikingly attractive when lighted by the fire of genius, as it was wont to De. indeed, the Confederacy's beloved chieftain. v - I he re nosed in his coffin tnis morning. -3 presented just such a picture as those who iJs knew and loved him in life would like ? best to cherish in their memory. Vks memorial room to an improvised cata-r j toe in the center of the front portico, use massive pillars were entwined with vJvrofusion of crepe. Over the casket was thrown the soft folds of a silken flag of the ; lost cause, as also the glittering saber with which the dead soldier had carved fame - and honor for himself and glory and vic- torv for bis country on the crimson liekls 1 of Chapultepec and Monterey. Immedi-? ately surrounding the coffin were clergy I and the armed sentries, they being the only, persons admitted to a place on the - portico during the service. .' . The relatives of the deceased were as-(if ued to sas in the mayor s parlor, from the windows of which they were'enabled to witness the ceremonies. The obsequies, which were according to the ritual of the Episcopal church, were conducted by Bishop Galleher, assisted by five officiating clergvmen. There were altogether fully twenty surpiiced ministers, besides the attendance of numerous clergy of different denominations from the various Southern states. A surpiiced choir of thirty-six voices, accompanied by the organ, sans the anthem, "Through the Vallev of the Shadow of Death," after which Bishop Galleher made aa address. He said: "When we utter our prayers today for those who are distressed in mind, when we lift our petitions to the Most Merciful and ask a benediction on the desolate, we remember thai one household above others is bitterly bereaved and that hearts closely knitted to our own are deeply distressed. ''For the master of Beauvoir lies dead under the drooping Bag of the saddened city; the light of hi a dwelling has gone out and left it lonely for ail days to come. Surely we grieve with those who wept tender tears of homely pain and trouble, and there is not a sigh of the gulf breeze that swings the swinging moss on the cypress trees sheltering their honre but finds an answer in our own burdened breathing. "We recall with sweet sympathy the wifely woe that can be measured only by the sacred depths of wifely devotion; and our hearts go traveling across the heaving Atlantic seas to meet and comfort, if we mieht, the child, who, coming home, shall for once not be able to bring all the sweet splendors of the sunshine with her. "Let us bend with the stricken household and pay the tribute of our tears, and then, acknowledging the stress and surge of a peoples' sorrow, say that the stately tree of our southern wood, planted in power, nourished in kindly dews, branching in brave luxuriance and scarred by many storms, 'lies uprooted.' "The end of a long and lofty life has come and a moving volume of human history has been closed and clasped. The strange and sudden dignity of death has been added to the fine and resolute dignity of living. A man who, in his person and history, symbolized the solemn convictions and tragic fortunes of millions of men, can not pass into the gloom that gathers around a grave without a sign or token from the surcharged bosoms of those he leaves behind; and when Jefferson Davis, reaching 'the very seamark of his utmost sail,' goes to his God. not even the most ignoble can chide the majestic mourning, the sorrowing honors of a last 'salute.' "I am not here to stir, by a breath, the embers of a settled strife; "to speak one word unworthy of him and of the hour. What is writ is writ in the world's memory and in the books of God But I am here to say for our help and inspiration that this man, as a Christian and a churchman, was a lover of all high and rightedus things as a citizen. Ue was fashioned in the old, faithful type. As a soldier he was marked and fitted for more than fame the Lord God having set on him the seal of the liberties of men. Gracious and gentle, even to the lowliest, nay, especially to them, tender as he was brave, he deserved to win all the love that followed him. Fearless and unselfish, he could not well escape the lifelong conflict to which he was committed. Greatly and strangely misconceived, he bore injustice with the calmness befitting his place. "He suffered many and grievous wrongs, suffered most for the sake of others, and those others will remember him and his unflinching fidelity with deepening gratitude, while the Potomac seeks the Chesapeake or the Mississippi sweeps by Briar-field on its way to the Mexican sea." Following Bishop Galieber, Kev. Dr. Markbam read the Jessori. while Rev. Mr. Martin repeated a psalm, Rev. Mr. BaKe-well versicles, and Kev. Mr. Thompson the creed, and thus ended the services at the City hall, which, although simple and brief, were wonderfully impressive. During this period the immense throng, representing every conceivable variety of religious and social predilection, profession and nationality, stood in reverential silence, and with heads uncovered. A deep silence pervaded the vast assembly, and the emotions experienced by all were deep and unutterable. At the concluaion of the religious services the casket was borne by a detachment of soldiers to the handsomely decorated caisson, which had been prepared especially for its reception and on which it was to be conveyed to the cerueterv. From the caisson arises a catafalque, consisting of a unique and beautifully designed canopy, measuring from base to dome eight feet in length and four in width, and supported by six bronze cannon craped between muskets. The dome of the canopy is ornamented in bronze with furled United States flags craped upon either side. The aides ot the catafalque are superbly draped iu black cloth and bullion fringes and gimp. The casket rests on a slight elevation and the caisson is drawn by six black horses, two abreast, caparisoned in artillery harness and plumes, and each horse is lead by a soldier in uniform.With marvelous military precision the various seemingly unwieldy battalions wheeled into line, preceded by a detachment of the city's police and followed in turn by the clergy, pall-bearers and so on in their respective order until the mammoth procession was formed. The procession after leaving the City hall proceeded no St. Charles to Calliope aud from Calliope moved into Camp, thence to Chartres, to fit. Louis, to Royal and thence on Canal in a direct route to the cemetery. It was an hour and ten minutes passing a given point. As 'the grand funeral cortege traversed the streets, from the turrets of every church a knell was tolled, the clank of sabers and the tramp of iron-shod feet echoed along the interminable lines, while soul-subduing dirges blended with the solemn booming of the minute-guns. Farts of the city not directly located on the line of march or in any wise remote from the scene of the pageant, were today literally depopulated, their inhabitants having gathered in countless number in every available place from which an easy view of the marching columns could be had. The following gentlemen acted as pallbearers: Honorary pall-bearers, Governor Francis T. Micholls of Louisiana, Governor Robert Lowry of Mississippi, Governor H. B. Buckner of Kentucky, Governor John B. Gordon Of Georgia, Governor J. S. Richardson of South Carolina, Governor D. G. iowle of North Carolina, Governor F. M. Fleming of Florida, Governor James P. Eagle of Arkansas. These gentlemen represent the Southern states. Fall-bearers General George W. Jones of Iowa, Hon. Charles E. Fenner of Louisiana, Mr. Sawyer Hayward of Mississippi, Hon. Thomas H. Watts of Alabama, a member of President Davis's cabinet. i . AT MtTAlRIE CEMETERT. Scenes It and About 1 hat City of the Iead. Xew Orleans, Dec. 11. The entry of the pageant into the beautiful cemetery away out on the quiet Metairie ridge, far from the thunder and clatter and turmoil of the busy, rushing, work-a-day city life, was made with all the pomp and circumstance of a military and civic procession. Even before noon, when the religious ceremonies were just beginning, people gathered within the hallowed precincts of the romantic burying ground. They came in street cars, in trains, in carriages, in rigs of every known description, and on foot and took up positions on the tombs and broad walls aud on the scrupulously well-kept lawn. Metairie is the prettiest cemetery in the South. In ranks in beauty with the handsomest ourial grounds of the world. It is situated about two miles and a half from the business part of the city, and is rich in its architecture, its verdure and its possessions. Years ago it was the famous race course of the i-outh. tome years back it waa transformed into a city of the dead, fcince then nature and man have aided iu i nrfornment. Within it lie the remains of thousands of Coutederate veterans, and I here are most of the tombs of the military and veteran associations of Sew Orleans. It is in this cemetery in a subterranean vault that the Southern chieftain has been temporarily laid to rest. The Army of Soriheru Virginia tomb is beneath the marble monument of the lamented Confederate leader. Stonewall JacKson. It is situated nearly half a mile from the stone entrance nearly in the center of the cemetery and surrounded by imposing tombs of wealthy people of New Orleans. The mound" is of gradual ascent, prettily laid oat in parterres and richly grown with rare flower3. From a sectional stone case, a slender shaft, broken with laurel wreaths, rises to commanding heights. At its apex a heavy slab of marble hears the statue of Jackson. The figure represents the famous general in an attitude of repose, his sword leaning on a broken stonewail and his left hand resting gracefully on bis side. He wears the regular Confederate officer's uniform, with his cloak thrown over his arm, and his field-glasses held carelessly in his left hand. The lamiliar kepi is pulled down, aa the general was wont to wear it, closely over his forehead. The face looks toward the southeast and the features are almost perfect iu their outline. Beneath the bese is an underground chamber with vaults running all around. It was in one of these that the remains of Mr. Davis were placed. The monument was decorated with extreme simplicity. The mound was covered entirely with green moss, and around the shaft was wound a chain of laurel and oak leaves. The decorations were the work of Mr. J. 11. Menard. When the procession left the City hail big furniture wagons drove up and the mortuary chamber was emptied of its hundreds of iioral offerings that came from every city aud state iu the South and taken out to the cemetery. Here an artistic hand came into play and the flowers were arranged with studied unosteuta-tiou and most admirable effect, the mound beine almost entirely hidden from view by the wealth of cultured flowers. The pageant got out to the cemetery a little in advance of the time it was expected to. Its vanguard was an incongruous assortment of carriages and vehicles and an irreguiar army of strangling people who walked all the way to the burial ground to do honor to the memory of the leader, cold in death. The crowd was cosmopolitan in its make-up. It embraced every station in life in one endiess procession. Thousands walked because there was no' other means of getting out. The available trains and the street railroads were crushed and packed with several divisions of the funeral pageant and the common multitude was left to take care of itself. It was 3 o'clock when the first special train arrived bearing uniformed Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias and civic societies. As each train drew up it was quickly emptied of its human freight and the tail end of the procession relormed in open order to let t ie militia and the walking divisions go through. As tiie soldiers, worn out with the long and dusty march, and the funeral and the remainder of the pageant moved slowly past in mournful step to the woeful music of the day, the Knights presented arms and the civic bodies uncovered. Long before the police detail reached the bridge over the canal that runs by the front of the cemetery the deuse throng of thp populace had gathered close around the monument, beneath which the body of the ex-president is tonight, as these lines are written, lying in peaceful repose. The crowd sought ever? available spot that gave the opportunity of a fair view. It climbed trees, mounted tombs, picked out convenient spots on the mounds and lawns, and listened and watched with breathless interest and respectful attention to the solemn ceremonies at the base of the marble shaft. Around the circle of the tomb the crowd was thickly pressed, and from its outskirts the throngs extended into the walks intersecting at various points the main thoroughfare. When the progress of the procession finally brought the military to the monument the police and soldiers were drawn up all around the circle, and as the tuneral car, with its long line of carriages iu the wake, drew up the line of soldiers facing the monument were given right-about orders in order to salute the bier. The Episcopal clergymen and the assisting clergy following Father Gallaher formed a line, 'i'he vall-bearers and distinguished guests did the same thing. Bishops Galleher and Hugh Miller Thompson walked slowly to the base and took up their positions beside tl.e bier. General Gordon came uu shortly and stood quietly and modestiy with bowed head close by. The caisson stopped at the foot of the walk and battery B's detail of honor bore the casket up the ascent to the foot of the monument, with Captain Beanham, looking every inch a soldier, at its head. As the coffin was carried up the mound the military corps were ordered to rest arms, and every soldier in the circle executed the order. The Veteran associations marched into the cemetery together. When they reached the monument they separated, one going to the left and the other to the right. When they met they charged up the mound and formed an inner circle, the Army of Northern Virginia in front and the Army of Tennessee in the rear. Then the ladies aud gentlemen of the family trod slowly up the mound. There was not a covered head in the entire multitude of 10,000 people when the bereaved came. The soldiers kept their hats and shakos on because it was military duty to do so. Mrs. Davis, heavily draped, leaned on the arm of the lifelong friend of her husband. Mr. J. U. Payne, as she came up besido the bier. Mrs. Hayes came up on the arm of General Joseph R. Davis, a nephew of the dead president. Behind these came the faithful negro body servant of Mr. Davis, Robert Brown. Mrs. Stamps was escorted by Mr. Farrar. Then followed other members of the family, stated previously in these lines. Associate Justice Fenner and his family came next, and immediate friends of Mr. and Mrs. Davis gathered around just as Bishop Thompson opened the ceremonies by reading the first portion of the Episcopal burial service. Then T. H. Sappington of company B, Nineteenth infantry, stationed at Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala., sounded the bugle call of "taps" and Bishop Galleher read the second portion of the ritual consigning the body to the grave. Here are his extemporaneous words: "In the name of God, amen, we here consign the body of Jefferson Davis, a servant 6f his state and country, and a soldier in their armies; sometime member of congress and senator from Mississippi and secretary of war ot the Union states the first and only president of the Confederate States of America; born in Kentucky bn the 3d day of June, 1808, died in Louisiana on the 6th day of December, lSii, and buried here by the reverend hands of his oeoole." An anthem by W. H. Walter, part of the burial service, was sung by the choir. Bishop Thompson recited the Lord's prayer, in which the choir, the clergy and the general public joined, and then the beautiful hymn, "Rock of Ages," was rendered and the religious rites were over. Bishop Galleher waved his hand. It was the signal of the closing. Captain Bean-ham gave the military command, the casket was raised from its bier and the soldiers, bearing it ou their shoulders, marched around the circular mound to the open doorway at the back ot the monument leading to the stairway that reaches the subterranean chamber of the dead. The family took ur its line in the order of -its ascent of the mound, friends following. The Ladies' Memorial association fell in and Governor Nichols and the other governors joined in witn the other pall-bearers. When members of the family had descended, the casket was placed in the middle vault of the first perpendicular row immediately on the right as you go down. The Confederate flag, in which the coffin had been wrapped, was removed, the slab was screwed tight and the dead soldier had found his temporary resting place in the Aimy of Northern Virginia tomb. As the family descended an" artillery de- Vontinued on fourth pcj. ONE HUNDRED YEARS A Notable Occasion Celebrating: the Centennial of Washington's Inauguration. A Glittering Host of Government Officials and Ambassadors of All Kations. Splendid and Eloquent Address of Chief Justice Fuller. Washington, Dec. 1L The hour for the holding of the ceremonies in commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington, first president of the Cuited States, having been fixed at 1 o'clock today, the appearance of the hall of the house was an unusual one. The arrangements on the floor were admirably suited to take advantage of every foot of available space. In the area in front of the speaker's desk were placed massive chairs and sofas lor the accommodation of the president and his cabinet and the iustices ot the supreme court. The two front rows on the Republican side w ere reserved for the diplomatic corps, while the corresponding seats on the Democratic side were assigned to the district judiciary and the members ot the court of ciaims. The members of the international American congress and the marine conference were assigned seats to the rear of those to be occupied by the diplomatic corps. Neariy the whole of the right wing of the chamber was reserved for senators and representatives, and in the triangular spaces behind the semicircle of desks were placed chairs and solas for the accommodation of distinguished inv.ted guests. While the galleries (to which admission was to be had by ticket only ) were comfortably full, there was an absence of the crush around the doors which has characterized similar occasions in the past. In the private gallery were seated Mrs. Fuller, wife of the chief justice, and her daughters; Mrs. Morton, wife of the vice president, and the families of the delegates to the Pan-American conference. Mra Blaine. Miss Blaine, Miss Leiter. Mrs. and Miss Halford and Mrs. Wanauiaker occupied seats in the diplomatic gallery, and Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Carlisle were accommodated in the seats set- apart for the friends of the speaker. The president aud members of his cabinet gathered in the president's room, adjoining the marble-roon. ot the senate corridors, while iu the marule-room were congregated the members of the diplomatic corps and the delegates to thePan-American and international marine conierences. The latter apartment was a blaze of color, the diplomats and delegates at pearing in all the gorgeousness of their official costumes and insignia of tiie various orders to which they belonged. At 12:50 the percons in the senate wing, waiting to move to tiie hall of the house, formed in line and the procession started. Two stalwart Capitol policemen headed the line, followed by Charles li. Keade, acting assistant doorkeeper ul the senate, representing the scrgeant-at-arnis, in charge of the arrangements. '1 hen came President Harrison,arni-ii-arm with Secretary Blaine, ttcretary Proctor and Attorney General Miilt-r. teecretary Tracy and Postmaster General Whiia-maker, Secretary Busk and Private Secte-. tary HaiJord. As they passed the supreme court chambers the associate justices, in their robes of office, took their places in the rear according to date .f appointment. The members of the senate and employes followed, headed by Captain Bassett, doorketper, and Chaplain Butler, Vice President Morton and Secretary McC'ook. Following them were the diplomatic corps and delegates to the conferences, led by Chief Clerk Lee of the State department and Walker Blaine, examiner of ciaims. Among the foreigners in the ranks were Sir Julian Pauncefote, British minister; Mr. Romero, Mexican minister; tenor Quintana, envoy ot the Argentine Republic ; Senor Velarde, Bolivian minister; Senor Valente, Brazilian minister; Dr. Alfonsou of the supreme court of Chili : Mr. Tsui Kwo Yin, Chinese minister; Mr. Ye Wan Yang, Corean minister; Senor Caamauo, minister from Ecuador; M. Roustan, French minister; Dr. Cruz, minister from Guatemala; Mr. Carter, Hawaiian minister; Mr. Preston, liaytian minister: Senor Zelloya. minister from Honduras; Mr. Mutsu, Japanese minister; Dr. Guzman, minister from Nicaragua, and Senor Zegarra. Peruvian minister. The hum of conversation was hushed in the house when, at precisely 1 o'clock, the president of the United States and his cabinet were annonnced and filed down the main aisle. while the representatives stood in respectful silence. Hardly had they been seated when the chief justice and associate justices of the United States were ushered in headed by the officers of the court. Chief Justice Fuller took a chair on the left of Secretary Blaine, who himself sat on the left of the president. The vice president and the members of the senate were then announced and, as the senators were escorted to their seats, Mr. Morton ascended to the speaker's chair and assumed the gavel, Mr. Reed standing on his left. General Scbofield, com manding the army, escorted by General Rosecrans (retired) having taken their seats, the diplomatic corps beaded by Mr, Walker Biaine, and attired in gorgeous costumes, filed down to tbe rows assigned to them. They were followed by the members of thePan-American conference and the members of the international marine conference, headed by Admiral Franklin and Lieutenant Coleman, the president and secretary respectively, of the marine conference. At 1 :10 all were seated, and the vice president called the vast assembly to order. After prayer by Rev. J. G. Butler, chapiain of the senate, during which the multitude stood in reverential attitude, tbe Marine band, stationed at the south lobby, broke into the national air of '"Hail Columbia." As the strain ended the chief justice was escorted to the clerk's desk by Senator Hiscock and Representative Bayne, the chairmen of the committees in chares of the arrangements. Chief Justice Fuller read his oration in a powerful voice and with a clear enunciation, and be was listened to with the greatest attention. The chief justice said : "By the terms of that section of the act of congress under which we have assembled 'in further commemoration of the historic inauguration of the first president of tbe United States, George Washington.' the 30th of April, A. D. 18s9. was declared a national holiday, and in the noble city where that event took place, its centennial anniversary has been celebrated with a magnificence of speech andscng, of multitudinous assembly, and of naval, military and civic display, accompanied by every manifestation of deep love of country, of profound devotion to ita institutions, and of intense appreciation of the virtues and services of that illustrious man, whose assumption of the chief magistracy gave tbe assurance of the successful setting in motion of the new government." Washington, the orator continued, had become first in war, not so much by victories over the enemy or by success in strategy aa by the triumphs of a constancy which no reverse, no hardship, no incompetency, no treachery could shake or overcome. He had become first in the hearts of his countrymen because the people comprehended the greatness of their leader and recognized in him an entire absence of personal ambition, an absolute love of country, of themselves end of mankind. He had become first in peace by bringing to tbe charge of the practical workinga of the system he bad participated in creating, on behalf of the people whose independence he had achieved, the same zealous judgment, the same sagacity, the same patience, the same sense of duty, the same farsighted comprehension of the end to be attained tbat bad marked his career from its beginning. The orator alluded briefly to the brilliant war record of General Washington, but in eloquent words portrayed the growth and valus of republican institutions under the administration of President Washington. Referring to the fear of arbitrary power in respect to the presidential office. Justice Fuller said: "But no fear, no jealousy, could be entertained of him who had indignantly repelled the suggestion of the bestowal of kingly power; who had unsheathed the sword with reluctance abd laid it down with joy; who had never ' sought official position, but accepted public office aa a public trust, in deference to so unanimous a demand for his services as to convince him of the necessity; whose patriotism embraced tbe whole country, the future grandeur of which his prescience foresaw. Of the future greatness of the new nation, Washington had no doubts. He saw, as if fac to face, that continental domain which glimmered to others as through a glass darkly," In referring to the international relatione existing between tbe United States and foreign nations. Justice FHiIier said: "It is a matter of congratulation tbat the first year of our second century witnesses the representatives of the three Americas engaged in the effort to increase the facilities of commercial intercourse, consulting the natural course of things, diffusing mid diversifying by fehtle means the streams of intercourse, ut forcing nothing, success in which must knit closer the ties of fraternal friendship and bring the peoples of the two American coutinenis in harmonious control of the hemisphere." r 'The orator then went into an exhaustive Ireview of the constitution and the amendments thereto, and cited the citil war as a searching test of the wisdom and lasting iquality ot our form of government. , In a brilliant peroration, thechief justice -aaki: ""And so the new century may be entered upon in the spirit of optimism, the eatnral result perhaps of a self-confidence which has lost nothing in substance by experience, though it has gained in the moderation of its impetuosity; yet an optimism essential to the accomplishment of great ends: not blind to perils, but bold in the ieariessaess of a faith whoso very consciousness of the limitations of the present, asserts the attainability of tbe nntravcled world ot a still" grander future. No ship can sail forever over summer seas. The storms its has weathered test aud demonstrate its ability to survive tbe storms to come, but storms there must be until there snail be no more sea. But as amid tempest in which our ship of state was launched, and in the times succeeding, bo in the times to come, with every exigency, coi.sieliations of illustrious men will rise Upci. tut angry skies to control the wliirl-wind and dispel the clouas by their potent inl.jences. while from tue 'clear upper say' thti.steudy light ol the great planet marks out the course the vessel must pursue, ami sits shining on the sails as it comes grandly into the haven where it would be." .The orator completed his oration at 2:30, having consumed an hour and a quarter in its delivery. As hjj voice died away on the lastwordof theeloquent peroration astorm of applause swept through the audience which continued lor some minutes. 't he benediction was then pronounced by the chaplain of the bouse, alter which Washington's grand march nas rendered by tiie Marine band. The martini strains having ceased, the vice prtsnlent declared tiie joint assembly Oisoiveu. and to the stirring air of the tti,H.vRi)2!ed Banner the invited gut-slowly left the chamber. "ilAUY HAl A LITTLE LAMB." A Discussion About the Subject of Ihat Kursery Khjme A IMlturence of Opinion. Boston, Dec. 11. Aunt Mary Tyler, as she was familiarly called, died at her residence in Somerville yesterday, aged S3. She r was born in Sterling, Mass.; her maiden name was Mary F. Sawyer, and Bhe was the subject of the rhyme "Mary liad a Little LamD." . ' . Tbe Keport Denied. Bosfo Der. 11. The Boston Transcript say: The author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was Mrs. Sarah J Hale, who died at Philadelphia several years ago, aged 86. With regard to the late Mrs. Tyler's connection with the poem Mrs. Hale's nephew is authority for the statement that she bad no special person as a heroine. Mrs. Tyler doubtless had such an experience and it is not! improbable that some doggerel lines were written describing the same, but she waa not the heioine of Mrs. Hale's poem. The lines have been at times credited to a young (male) school-teacher. He may have written some lines about Mrs. Tyler's lamb, but they have been lost. Mrs. Hate's authorship of the lines as known today has been clearly proved. , MICHIGAN CltOFS. Generally Improved Condition of the r Wheat Ontlook. Lansikg. Dec. 11. The Michigan monthly crop report for December shows the im-. provenient in the condition of wheat-to be general, amounting to 9 per cent, in the southern, 6 in the central and 4 in the northern counties. The present condition, as compared with average years, is: In the southern counties 67, central 71 and northern 69 per cent. Tbe improvement ia attributed to exceptional favorable weather. The Jrainfall was 1-5 of an inch in excess of the normal and average temperature 0.8 above. At this time, December 10. there is do frost in the ground. The number of bushels of wheat marketed in November was 853,950, an excess of 224,001) bushels over the same month in IMS. Total amount from August to December 1,5,-2S8.9-J0 bushels. The average yield of clover seed in the state for 1889 was 1.76 bushels per aere. The condition of stock is: Horses 9(5, cattle 92, sheep 95, swine 98 per cent.' Hog cholera prevails to a limited extent in Berrin, Cass. St. Joseph, Van Bu-ren, Kent, Ottawa and Calhoun counties. DAMAGE BY STORM. Hostel Blown Down and Unroofed Loss 5 S lO.OOO. PiTTSBcio, Dec. 11. The most destructive wind and rainstorm that has ever visited the western portion of Westmoreland county, passed over the new city of Jean-nette abont 2 o'clock this morning. Houses were blown down and nnroofed and treea torn up by the roots and carried a long distance. The large three-story frame buildings owned by Messrs. Cort and Sullivan on Clay avenue were completely demolished, and a smaller building owned by William Wilson was blown down and reduced to splinters. Anumberof dwellings were moved from their foundations and in some instances badly damaged. Tbe loss will be at least $10,000. As far as reported no lives were lost. THIS TOO "TWO" SOLID FLESH. Matrimonial Event in Which Extremes Are Blissfully Blended. Hilliabd's, O., Deo. 11. Special. One of the most notable weddings of tbe season took place here last Thursday, the contracting parties being George Davis, son of Benjamin Davis, living two miles south of town, and Mrs. Catherine Ann Mock of Washington township. The groom is a weil-known teacher, being at present engaged in teaching in the Walcutt district, one mile west of Columbus. Mr. Davia is 31 years of age and weighs 140 pounds, while the blushing bride has seen 72 summers and tips the beam at U'20 avoirdupois. FISH OR CUT BAIT. That's What the Democratic Postmasters at Zanesville and Xer.ia Mast Do. Xo Chanjre in the Columbus Fostoffice Likely Before Early in the Year. The Silcott Committee Makes a Partial Keport. Washihgtos, Dec. 11. Special. Senator Sherman said to the State Journal correspondent today that there had been no recommendations made in the matter of changing the postmasters at Columbua, Zanesviile and Newark. ; He was of the opinion that there would be no changes at Columbus or Newark until the lime of tbe present incumbents had expired, but seemed to think Postmaster Murphy of Zanesvilie wouid be removed and his successor epoointed very soon. Postmaster General Wanauiaker has been giving some attention to the Zanesviile case and bas decided that he will make a change. His reason for this ia that Murphy holds the position of penitentiary director, and he considers this fact contrary to the regulations ot the department. It is said that Mr. Murphy received permission from the last administration of the postofhee to hold on until the state election. But Mr. Wananiakcr's answer to this is that be doesn't propose to maintain an inconsistent rule of his predecessor. The attention of the postmaster general has been directed to the case of Postmaster Fulton at Xeuia. who is also acting aa trustee of the Soldiers Orphans' home, and as soon as he gets through with tbe Zanesviile case he will probably ask Postmaster Fuiton to make choice as to which ollice he prefers to hold. 'lbere are several candidates for the Zanesviile office, but it is thought that the light is between John A. Green, deputy clerk of the court, who is now in the city, and D. J. Bichards, business manager of the Times-P.ecorder. Green is highly recommended by Senator Sherman's friends in Musxingum county and by many members of the G. A. K. from different parts of the state. Kichards is also highly recommended, hut it is urged against him that be is the representative oi one of the factions in the party there, whiie Greeen's appointment would be satisfactory to all the liepublirans. Senator Shermuu, however, does not intimate which one of the candidates he will recommend. I'roposed lieorganiKatluu f Mijtreine Court. Washington, Dec. 11. A proposition ia under consideration to provide for increasing the membership of the United Stales supreme court from nine to eleven. The Btibject is being talked over by certain members of the senate judiciary committee, and the outcome mav be a bill to reorganize the supreme court and make the additions named. The enlargement of the court is held to be neres.iary because of the rapid increase in the business from the state courts; besides, the new stales will add largely to the number of cases on the tui.rtux euun dmiket. If the reorganization of the court is sanctioned by congress, it is probable that ut least three of tiie present members of the court J ustices Miller, Field and Bradley Will avail themselves of the privilege of retiring on full pay, thus giving the president an opportunity lo appoint live judges. It is proposed to increase the jurisdiction of the circuit courts, with a viuw to reducing the number of appeals to Ibe supreme court. Various schemes have been suggested with a view to accomplishing this purpose, but it seems almost impossible to curtail the work of the court, hence the proposed increase in membership, it is not known, however, how tbe members of the court re gard this proposition, but as they complain of being overworked, they would probably welcome two additional justices. Secretary Blaine Aftr the Corean Kinir. Washington, Dec. 11. Senator Cockrell of Missouri received a letter from Secretary of State Blaine yesterday in regard to the three Americans who left this country about a year ago to take service under the king of Corea and who were very summari-ly disiuisned a few days igo. " Mr. B aine, in his letter to Mr. ( o kreil, states that he has cabled and since sent written instructions to the American consul general at Seoul, Corea, ordering him to insist in the . name of this government that the king shall faithfully carry out every contract he has made with Colonel Cummins and his companions. These gentlemen on entering the Corean service did not renounce their American citizenship. They undertook to teach the Corean soldiers how to be real soldiers from an American standpoint, and to introduce into their branches of the Corean government American notions of progress and civilisation. Tbe Corean nobility, who saw their ancient prerogatives threatened combined against the Americans and finally succeeded in ousting them. 1 ho Proposed Bridge at Detroit. WASHiNGToic.Dec.ll. The board appointed to examine the river at Detroit and investigate the various plana proposed for bridging the stream at tbatpoint, has made a report to the senate committee on commerce. The following conclusions are reached : First It is feasible to build a bridge oyer the Detroit river at Detroit, Mich. Second That a high bridge, as proposed by Mr. Lindenthal (140 feel above low water), is the least objectionable and most conservative to shipping interests and therefore the best plan. The board to examine and report upon the best site for a proposed bridge over the Ohio between Louisville, Ky., and Jeflerson ville, Ind., report recommending that the bridge be located at or above Wall street, Louisville, with a channel span of at least 500 feet in tbe clear at the low water line on the Indiana shore and a similar span on the William island shore, tbe water face of the shore piers of these spans being at the low water lines. In Regard to the House Committees. Washington, Dec. 11. It is now believed that Speaker Reed will announce the rest of tbe committees one week from tomorrow, so that they may be at work during the holiday recepa. General Browne of Indiana, who was next to Mr. McKinley on the committee on ways and means last session, waa placed second on the committee in the speaker's original draft of the membership, but at the earnest request of the general his name was removed. His reasons for asking this were that he had served on the committee six years, and that the state of his health would not permit him to do the amount of work required of a member of tbat committee. General Browne, it is understood, will be given the chairmanship of a minor committee. Californiana After the Chinese. Washington, Dec, 11. Some of the members of the California delegation are in favor of adopting some method to prevent the illegal immigration of Chinamen across the Canadian border, it is proposed to issue certificates to every Chinaman who is enumerated in the census that will be made next June. After the expiration of six months every Chinaman founi without a certificate is to" he sent out of the country. Preliminary Report of Silcott Investigating t ominittce. Washington, Dec. 11. The Silcott investigating committee today agreed to a preliminary report and will submit it to the honse tomorrow. The amount of the deficit is given, as has already been staled, at about $71,800. The committee finds that the funds of the office have been used by Silcott for tbe purpose of discount, but to what extent can not be stated. Forgeries of the names of members have been committed, and these are set forth in detail so far as known. The report exonerates Silcott's associates in. the otlice, the teller and bookkeeper, from any counection with his crime. Teternna in the Census. Washington, Dec. 11. The Grand Army of the Kcpublic is to be invited by Superintendent Porter to co-operate with the census enumerators in making as cori-plele as possible the list of names of tbe surviving veterans of the late war. These enumerators, in addition to tbeir other duties, are required to secure the names of all veterans, the name of tbe regiment in which each served, the length of service, disability, if any, etc. The pension rolls and the rolls of the Grand Army posts will be used to insure accuracy. New Government for liiatrict of Columbia.Washington, Dec. 11. Senator Chandler introduced a bill today changing the form of government of the District of Columbia. There are to be five commissioners appointed, one a resident of the district, two residing east of tbe Allegheny mountains and two west of them ; to receive the rame salaries aa are paid the iiiter-stuto commerce commissioners; not more than threa to be appointed from any one political party. Puneral of Mra. Lord. Washington, Dec 11. The funeral of Mrs. Scott Lord will take place tomorrow. Private services will be held at 11 o'clock at the Church of the Incarnation, which will be attended by the president, the relatives and immediate friends of the deceased. The interment will be in Kock-creek cemetery. lhe President Beturna to Wanhington. Washington, Dec. 11. President Harrison returned to Washington at 8 o'clock this morning from his trip to Chicago, The cabinet assembled aa usual at 12 o'clock and tben. with the president, proceeded in a bodv to the Capitol to participate in the centenary exercises m the house of representatives. An Ohio Girl Weds. Washington, Deo. 11. Special. Clara Lawetta Coulter, daughter of Sixth Auditor Coulter, was married today to Edwin N. 8. Young of Pittsburg, at the residence of the bride's parents. A number of Ohio people witnessed the ceremony. The Indiana Service Pension Bill. Washington, Dec. 11. Mr. Ingalls introduced a bill granting service and disability pension to officers, soldier, sailors and marines in the army and navy in the war of the rebellion and to their idows and orphans. (This is what is known as the Indiana service pension bill.) Capital Notes. J. C. Ilouk of Tennessee has been appointed assistant doorkeeper of tbe house, vice Nicholls. Bond offerings todav were $506,000 4s at 127, and 55,000 at All the oilers were accepts. i. FifiJ-FIrat Conura rirst Sesaion. SENATE. Washington, Doc. 11. Tbe vice president presided over the fenate today. Tbe tirst part of the Kenublicaii program in relet encs to prvid;t.g positions on committees for tbe new senators was carried out bv tbe resignation of Senators Morrill. Hiscock, Dawes, Hoar, Allison. Frye and Manderson of their positions on the committees ot census, irrigation, transportation routes to the seaboard, claims, organization and conduct of the executive departments and on civil service and retrenchment, respectively. Their successors on those committees are still to be announced.Mr. Hale, from the committee on naval affairs, reported back the bills heretofore introduced by him for the relief of sufVerers by the wreck of the United Slates steamers Trenton and Vandalia and the standing of the Nipsic at A-ia. in the Sanioan islands. Placed on calendar. Among the bills introduced and referred were the following: By Mr. Vet Regulating the printirg of certain public documents and largely te-ducing the number of copies to be printed. He made a statement aa to the immense mass of books and document rotting away in the attic and basement of the Capitol and of the stench arising from such decaying matter. Mr. Hoar remarked that those books and documents ought to be distributed among the public libraries all over the country. He denied that much of the matter printed by order of congress was uaeless. On the contrary, it was needed for the making up of history in the future. Mr. Ingalls called attention to the fact that a paper purporting to be a memorial or resolution oi one branch of the legislature of Montana had been presented this morning and had been referred to the committee on mines and mining. It was a matter of public notoriety, he aaid, tbat there waa some difficulty about the organization of the legislature of Montana; and in order to avoid any committal of the senate by the reference to a committee of a resolution of either branch of that legislature, he moved that the orderof reference be revoked and that the paper be laid on the table. 1 1 was so ordered. Mr. Ingalls also introduced (at the request of an association of soldiers of Kansas aud Indiana) a service and disability pension bill, which was referred. Mr. Call introduced a joint resolution authorizing the president to begin negotiations with the government of Spain for the establishment of a republic on the Island of Cuba. In connection with this Mr. Call presented a petition of natives of Cuba (now citizens of the United States;, and stated that it bad been represented to him that nearly all of such persons were in favor of the resolution. A message waa received from the house to the effect that tbat bodv was now in session and ready to proceed with the ceremonies in commemoration of the inauguration of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and thereupon, on motion of Mr. Ingalls. the senators proceeded to the hall of the house. Upon their return the senate adjourned till tomorrow. BOUSE. ' In his opening prayer Chaplain Milburn referred to the approaching ceremonies and returned thanks tbat after one hundred years the government framed by our fathers stood more firmly compact, mora proudly erect, more divinely beautiful and bountiful in all its beneficence than ever it stood before. Mr. Cummings (X. Y.), from the centennial ceremonial committee, reported the order of arrangement and it was adopted. On motion of Mr. Bayne (Pa.) a resolution was adopted directing the clerk to inform the senate that the house was in session and ready to proceed with the ceremonies. At tiie request of the speaker the members then retired to the seats assigned them. Upon the conclusion of the centennial ceremonies the house was called to order, but immediately adjourned until tomorrow. , Work of That FnBlih Syndicate. Chicago, Dec 11. The English syndicate, having completed ita large investments in mills and elevator property iu and about Minneapolis, bas moved over to Dululh and is taking in that town, a Jl.-000,000 purchase having been made this morning. Mr. Levi Meyer, the attorney who is acting as agent for the Knglisbmen, received a cable dispatch from bis Londou clients this morning, in which it was staled tnat the Dululh property and terms of purchase were satisfactory, aud which instructed him to close the deal immediately. This was done. The purchase includes aome of the largest mills and elevators in Duluth. A FItEXZY OF FIUUliT Took Possession of the Teople W hen the Cry of Fire Was Liaised in ' the Theater. Men, Women and Children Fought for Hieir Lives and Killed without Intent. Is Johnstown Under a Corset Her People Ask. Johnstown, Pa., Dec. 11. The accident at the opera-house is an awful illustration of the highly nervous condition of a large number of the people of this unfortunate city. Under ordinary circumatanoee and before tbe flood there would have been no catastrophe. There has been a disposition to draw morbid conclusions from tbe Con-eruaugn calamity and it has fastened itself upon the women, young folks and many of the excitable middle-aged people. Pome of these alluded to went through experiences on the 31st ot Mar which left a deeper and mora injurioui mental warp than has been comprehended either by them or by their friends. Jt baa been no uncommon thing to bear such remarks as "Well, I wonder what will happen next?" '-You can expert anything now." "We've had flood, now look out for tire." "Johnstown is under a curse." There lias been inure or lent disposition to go to the theater whenever there was chance in order to try to forget the horrors of last spring. Other amusements have also been eagerly sought for the aame purpose. These were some of the reasons for the large audience at the theater last night, even though the play waa as worn out as Uncle Tom's Cabin. There is no exaggeration in Baying that there bat been an undetined but unmistakable feeling of foreDoding of coming ill, and this ia what led to the slaughter last night Those who first started out of the house went from curiosity to e where the lire was, but they did so excitedly, and the instant effect was a panic. The bell which struck tho alarm of lire was so close to the theater that it seemed to be sounding in the building itself, aud never was con-furiou more precipitate and awful among frightened human beiutts. The two crowds fought against each other at the theater door just aa the w ater fought in two streams and then rushed back from the stone bridge up into Kernvtlla in tbe big Hood. Mroug men sprang upon the backs of those ill iront of them without regard to sex and jumped on heads and shoulders as thoutrh they were hallway planks or stairs. 'Die ferocity of the struggle by some of tbe foreigu Bull workmen was as revolting as it waa disatiroua in its results. Blind fury and brute atrength were chained together and the rrauit ia seen in the list of dead and on the bodies of tbe injured. What btL'aii lis an attempt to gr-t out to the street changed as if by marie into a riot, without reaxon. and scenes of manslaughter, without cause and without intent. A poor bruised, delicate woman said this afternoon that she saw two men actually stop to light when both of tuein had an opportunity to escape. One of them exciuitned, witu an oath, "it's my hie or yours," and he knocked his antagonist down in a furious manner. No more dentin have resulted, the number of dead, as helore stated, being ten. 'Hie following is a list of those seriously hurt, sonic ot whom will like y die. Probably tifty others sustained alight injuries: John Miner, ufdored, of Chambrrsburg, Pa., employed in Koch's saloon; George Monicker. Mt. Pieunanl, Pa., a traiuster; Lizzie Claj coiuh, aged 19 years, a domestic; Mrs. Wesiey Burns, aged 40; Clura Burns, aged 1!( years; Isaac 1 oiler, aged ItO years, t oneiuaughboro; Mrs. John Nestor, aeed 1!5; George Horner, aged 11 ; Kddie Bigler, a ed; Georg" 1 rischorn, Baltimore. Md.; Albert Owens, Is years; C'harlej Vauph, Prospect; Sleart Biackburn, Morrell-v.l.e; Kichard Worthingtou, Ldward ttaui-fur, Wemey Burns, James Clausen, Mrs. M. S. McUarry. Clarence Eupel, John Wesiner, Martha Owen, John Devine. The building in which the theater was situated was condemned some years sr,o, and it is one of the relict of f lie flood that was left standing, while others and much, stronger onet near it were destroyed. Henderson's morgue, where the dead were laid, was visited by thousands of peopie today. Many came form curiosity, while here and there in the throng would be found a bereaved one mourning the loss of a parent, child or near re.alive. 1 he funerals of the victims will take place on Friday. The theater will not reopen. The city officials are being severely criticised for "permuting the use of tbe building as a theater, aa it is claimed it was known to be unsafe. A thorough investigation of the rumors of the alleged clubbing by the police during the panic last night will be made. WHO IS TIIE FIEND? Rnlphnrle Arid Administered With Deadly Kftect to Another Innocent Workman at Akron. Akron, O., Pec. 11. PpecialO A few days ago Michael Lee, an employe of the Akron company, drank tulpburio acid which aome mischief had placed in his lnnch coffee and died from the effects. This case was supposed to be a fatal practical joke, aa the acid could not bare posni-bly found its way into the lunch banket by accident. Developments today, honever, serve to throw a new light upon toe subject.Harry Gregg, aged about 30, at the same place in which Lee drank his fatal potion, found sulphuric acid today in a water pitcher from which he unwittingly drank, and with precisely the lama results at in the first instance. His mouth and throat were terribly burned by the acid. Workmen who were attracted by his franuct cries Immediately divined the causa of the trouble and hastily administered oil and similar antidotes, but with little avail, aud physicians say the patient ran not live. Pour hundred employes are engagud jut where these myaterioua poisonings have taken place. Acidt are used by the work men In cleaning the old iron, hut no on can assign any plausible motive for ita deadly misuse. Gregg is a corn para live stranger in the plane and little it known of bis antecedents. No one knows his boil V and very few knew even hit name. THE WOOL M KN M'E.lK. They Want Protection Equally Willi Manufacturers. Roohfti!B, N. Y., Per. 11. The Stale American Merino Sheep-breeders' associa tion thia morning listened to presiumt Cossitl's annual address, which prorokrd warm discussion. Kverybody favored pr.-tec lion to the toot grower. A fw spoke oi the rapacity ol the wool maitufacuirvr in demanding all the protection lor h m-aelf. One gentleman said that if protection could not be accorded equally to the wool grower and to Hie maimiactur.-r, then there should he no protection at all. One gentleman asked how can the land I revised to reduce the surplus without touch lag the wool industry. Mr. Hunt said the internal revenue svjtem should be abolished. There should be no lax onpirits, oleomargarine and tobacco. A reimition was adopted demanding of congress adequate protection ot the wool growingin-Uuairj.